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A survey of more than 3400 university students in the US has found that one in five respondents reported problematic smartphone use. Female students were … Read more via “sexual health” – Google News https://ift.tt/2LGSkCd

New research identifies a series of triggers, common across age groups, that start and end compulsive smartphone use. In the decade since smartphones have become ubiquitous, we now have a feeling almost … Read more via World Economic Forum http://bit.ly/2vGkNyO

WhatsApp is about to stop working on a range of old smartphones, meaning owners will have to buy newer gadgets if they want to continue using the chat app to the best of its capabilities. On New Year’s Day, WhatsApp will ‘remove support’ for a number of devices – which updated versions of the...

BlackBerry, the Canadian firm that helped pioneer the smartphone market, said Wednesday it will stop making handsets, outsourcing production to an Indonesian partner. The company has continued to bleed red, posting on Wednesday a US$372 million loss in its second quarter ending August 31, and...

A little-known Indian company is due to launch a smartphone believed to be the cheapest in the world, targeting a market already dominated by low-cost handsets. Set to be priced at under 500 rupees ($7.30), domestic handset maker Ringing Bells’ Freedom 251 smartphone is about one percent of the...